The Year in Heat & Cold
1875
-4.21°F
ran -4.21°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 53 cities — the 2nd coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1875
-38.0°F
Cheyenne, WY · Jan 9
Hottest Day of 1875
107.0°F
Shreveport, LA · Jul 16
Records Set in 1875
Daily Cold Records Set
413
calendar-day record lows set in 1875 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
123
calendar-day record highs set in 1875 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1875 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.
Hottest & Coldest at Every City
Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1875 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.
Month by Month
National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.
-9.01J
-10.14F
-6.59M
-5.96A
-1.48M
-2.14J
-1.70J
-3.47A
-4.37S
-4.23O
-4.71N
+2.16D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1875
| 1 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | -8.62°F |
| 2 | Milwaukee WI | -8.21°F |
| 3 | Bismarck ND | -8.04°F |
| 4 | Newark NJ | -7.82°F |
| 5 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -7.13°F |
| 6 | Detroit MI | -6.90°F |
| 7 | Washington DC | -6.89°F |
| 8 | Lansing MI | -6.86°F |
| 9 | Philadelphia PA | -6.77°F |
| 10 | New York-Central Park NY | -6.25°F |
Warmest Stations of 1875
| 1 | Jacksonville FL | +0.10°F |
| 2 | Key West FL | +0.08°F |
| 3 | Montgomery AL | -0.69°F |
| 4 | Mobile AL | -0.84°F |
| 5 | Shreveport LA | -0.86°F |
| 6 | Augusta GA | -1.06°F |
| 7 | Savannah GA | -1.21°F |
| 8 | Denver CO | -1.39°F |
| 9 | Galveston TX | -1.72°F |
| 10 | Salt Lake City UT | -1.92°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1875
Florida+0.09°Alabama-0.76°Louisiana-0.86°Georgia-1.14°Colorado-1.39°Texas-1.72°
Coolest states of 1875
North Dakota-8.04°New Jersey-7.47°District of Columbia-6.89°Michigan-6.88°Minnesota-6.81°Wisconsin-6.42°
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